Land Use Data for Latitude 13.75 Longitude 80.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Pulicat Lake Wildlife Sanctuary |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsRice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 2Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
40 to 50Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
